The concept of self-control is analyzed in terms of a two-stage process: general cognitive set and specific self-controlling responses. Primary attention is given to incorporation of the cognitive set into a fuller understanding of behavior modification. (Author)

The results of this study on evaluation of coed residence halls, indicate that a coed hall can lead to an entirely different environment, one that is a contributing factor in positive student development. This paper was presented at the APGA Convention, Chicago, Illinois, 1972. (JC)

The purpose of the present study was to determine if there were initial differences on selected scales of the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) between students who chose to live in coed residence halls and those who chose to live in traditional single-sex residence halls, and also if residing in coed living units affected the further…

A multiple discriminant analysis was used to classify students in education, law, medicine, engineering, and business on the basis of preadolescent development data. Increased attention to preadolescent development as predictive of career preference is indicated. (Author)

There are certain dimensions that a group or group experience can be discriminated upon - in which you can make your own independent evaluations in regard to it being a plus or minus group. If you are in a field which utilizes and employs training groups then you owe it to yourself and to others to make these discriminations. (Author)

Through the YMCAs in the United States, more than 7,000 teen agers have participated in sensitivity training experiences. Interactional programs using sensitivity training with teen agers have been introduced, and the results are sufficiently positive in the YMCA to warrant wider exploration with this type of program for young people. (Author)

This paper is intended to promote serious and deep reflection on the desirability of applying the concept of encounter to education. (AN)

The author addresses himself to the nature and context of the intense demand for renewal in educational administration. (Editor)

Outlines some of the important educational developments of a parent's gifted child. (RA)

The problems encountered in trying to identify gifted and creative students. (RA)

The author integrates three sets of ideas related to consulting with teachers: behavior modification, the helping relationship, and the processes and skills of problem solving. (Author)

Results of previous studies that have used graduation from college as a criterion for evaluating the effects of counseling and have yielded findings that favor counseled students cannot be attributed to a particular configuration of personality characteristics nor can they be attributed to the absence of pathology in the successful counseled…